American Baptist Financial Aid Program

$3,000

Deadline Varies

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The Office of Financial Aid for Studies, American Baptist Home Mission Societies, administers the American Baptist Financial Aid Program that supports college students, graduate students, and seminarians. Applicants must be active members of an American Baptist church for at least one year, preparing to enter an accredited institution in the United States or Puerto Rico as a full-time enrollment in an accredited institution in the fall of the application year and must be a U.S. citizen. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's website.

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